Improvement in spinning-machines



ILPETERS. FHOTLLITMOGRAPHER, WASHIHGTON. D. C.

NPL-TIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. wAsMxNGToN D C UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MARGARET HULINGS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPINNING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,054, dated November 21, 1865.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, MARGARET HULINGS, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in the VVool-Spinning Machine of Margaret Hulings, patented on the 3d day of June, 1851; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clef and exact description of the construction a..-d operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in hich- Figure lis a perspective view ot' the box (i, attached to the carriage K, which box has as many apartments as there are spindles, for the purpose of holding the balls of doubled yarn for twisting the threads passing from the box 6 through holes, as shown in annexed drawings.

Fig. 2 represents a tightener, 1, forihe endless band. This tightener is a small roller of the same length as thedrum B,with gudgeons in the ends, which work in boxes 2, with slots and set-screws 3, fastened to the frame-work or sill on which the drum B rests, between the spindles and the drum B. This tightener 1 can be moved back or forth by means ofthe said slots and setscrews 3, by which the band is tightened or loosened, as the case may be.

Fig. 3 represents a guard, 5, fastened to the stationary hand or clamp D', which hand is surmounted by the movable hand I). The joint of the two hands is cut in two half-round and three straightsnrtaces. The upper hand,

D, being movable, is lifted up by means of the lifters E E, which are attached to the hand D by means ot staples. These hands D D' rest over the axle ofthe roller on which the wheel .I turns. This guard prevents thethread from winding around the axle, should they break.

Operation: The box G is placed upon the carriage K, as shown in annexed drawings, and is supported by studs l2, which are inserted into mortises made in the frame-work of the carriage K, the box 6 not touching apron K', so that it can move and carry the wool-rolls to the ends of the spindles, as in spinning. Af-

ter the yarn is doubled and wound on little balls, and not in little balls, so as to facilitate their unwinding to the last particle, the balls 1() and 11 are placed in the apartments 7 and S, as shown in drawingsin Fig. l. Thethreads pass through holes in the boxprovided for that purpose,then between Dand D', and then to the spindles, as in ordinary spinning. The strip G', which is provided with holes,into any ofwhich the stud or stop G maybe inserted, is lengtliened ont so as to have one additional hole for thestud or stop Gto beinserted,allow ing the carriage `K to recede to the stop IJ,giv ing the threads their full length, at which time H comes in contact with G and the hand D falls, holding the threads asin spinning.

9 is the lid of the box G, as shown in Fig. l.

The tightener l is a roller, which is placed between the drum B and spindle-frame O, under the band, and, as the band runs from the drum B in an angle to the wheels on the spin dles, the tightener can be moved forward or backward, tightening or loosening the band, as the case may be.

The guard 5 is a strip which is fastened to D', as shown in Fig. 3 ot'annexed drawings, projecting over the front axle,to which the wheel J is attached, preventing the threads from catching and winding around the axle.

The parts indicated in outlines in Fig. 4 and not colored are no portion of my present invention or improvements, but are merely drawn to illustrate the application ot' my iinprovements to my old machine; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of theUnited States, is

The combination and arrangement of the box 6, with the apartments 7 and S, placed upon the carriage K, the tightener l and box` 2, with slots and set-screws 3, and the guard 5, all operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

MARGARET HULINGS. Witnesses JNO. L. SMITHMYER, ADoNiJAH P. HULINes. 

